Canada's Academy Hands 'The Breadwinner' Six Nominations

One of our overriding principles here at AFA is the belief that animation deserves to be treated just like any other form of film or TV. So we're always thrilled when it is recognised as such by others. This year the Academy Of Canadian Cinema and Television has honoured Cartoon Saloon's The Breadwinner with an amazing six nominations for their upcoming 2018 awards.

Nora Twomey'sfantastic film (which is a Canadian co-production) has done something very rare, being nominated outside of animation specific categories. In fact, the Canadian Screen Awards does not even have a dedicated Best Animated Feature award.

The Breadwinner has been nominated for the highest profile award of them all, Best Motion Picture. It was also nominated for Editing, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The nominations alone are an amazing achievement, but it would be fantastic to see the film take them all home.

Elsewhere, the nominations for Best Animated Short are Manivald, The Tesla World Light, Fox and The Whale and Hedgehog's Home.

Over in the Television awards, animated programs compete in multiple categories. The nominees for Best Animated Program are Hotel Transylvania, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, Camp Lakebottom, Wandering Wenda and Beat Bugs. The nominees for Best Pre-School Program include animated shows The Cat in The Hat Knows A Lot About Halloween,Paw Patrol, Justin Time and Max and Ruby.

Animated programs are also honoured with dedicated categories for Best Directing, Best Sound, Best Writing and Best Performace. Check out the full list below. The Canadian Screen Awards will take place in Toronto on March 11.Best Direction, AnimationCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Your Fish is My Command
YTV (Corus Entertainment)
(DHX Media)Johnny Darrell, Andrew Duncan

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